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Antoine Fuqua
Fuqua at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
Born	May 30, 1966 (1966-05-30) (age 43) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Spouse(s)	Lela Rochon

Antoine Fuqua (born May 30, 1966) is an American film director.

Movie career

After beginning his career directing music videos for popular artists like Toni Braxton and Prince, he became a successful film director. He is perhaps best-known for the award-winning film Training Day. Fuqua was scheduled to direct Prisoners,^[1] based on a storybook from Aaron Guzikowski, but has left the project.^[2]

CBS Films has hired Antoine Fuqua to direct the new Vince Flynn movie. The movie will be based on Consent to Kill.

Personal life

Fuqua was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduating from Taylor Allderdice High School in 1983. Fuqua attended West Virginia University and West Virginia State College but did not graduate.

He married popular eighties model and actress Lela Rochon in April 1999. Fuqua has three children: Zachary Fuqua, from a previous relationship, and Asia and Brando Fuqua with wife Lela.^[3]

Filmography

Music videos

• "Another Sad Love Song," Toni Braxton (1993)
• "Love's Taken Over, " Chanté Moore (1993)
• "Saving Forever for You," Shanice (1993)
• "Ain't Nobody," Jaki Graham (1994)
• "In the Mood," Ce Ce Peniston (1994)
• "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," Prince (1994)
• "United Front" Arrested Development (1994)
• "For Your Love," Stevie Wonder (1995)
• "Freedom," Queen Latifah (1995)
• "Gangsta's Paradise," Coolio (1995)
• "Bedtime (Version 2)," Usher Raymond (1998)
• "Blue Angels," Pras (1999)
• "Citizen Soldier," 3 Doors Down (2007)

Commercials

• Pirelli Tires – "The Call" (2006), featuring Naomi Campbell and John Malkovich

References

External links

• Antoine Fuqua at the Internet Movie Database
• Hollywood Reporter story on upcoming The Notorious B.I.G. film (from 2005)